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We’ve got answers! Whether you’re a hair dye virgin or a total dye hard, we’ve got all the pointers you need to get the Instagram-ready color of your dreams.
Because we’re the OGs in colorful vegan and cruelty-free hair color. But if that’s not reason enough, our hair colors are free of harsh chemicals and fortified to condition your hair while you color. With each Manic Panic® color, you can get the DIY look without the damage. That’s color without compromise!
Before coloring your hair, you should perform a patch or strand test with your hair color or bleach to make sure you don’t have any allergic reactions. You can also see if you like the color before coloring your hair all over!
Yes and no. Some of our colors (especially neons, UVs, and pastels) work best on a pre-lightened base. If you want our signature intense color, we recommend lightening your hair to at least a level 7+ blonde. But we also have colors that give gorgeous colorful tints to dark hair. Each product on our website comes with hair swatches so you can see before and after results on light and dark hair.
Your base color is SUPER important since it affects the appearance of tones. If you apply blue pigment on top of a yellow-toned blonde, the results can veer toward a more teal or green hue. The whiter the hair, the truer the color tone. Before you color your hair blue, watch a tutorial by Mykey O’Halloran on how to avoid green tints!
Our semi-permanent formula lasts for about 4-6 weeks. But stronger formulas (like our Amplified collection) last longer because they contain 30% more pigment.
If you want to fight the fade for longer, we have color-safe shampoos and conditioners made specifically to maintain our hair colors. Use cool water when shampooing and try to wash hair only once a week (the more you wash, the faster the color fades). We also have dry shampoo to keep your color fresh on days when you skip a wash.
Manic Panic to me is punk… Simple as that. haha. They are the OGs in the game and the product speaks for itself! I’ve been using Manic Panic before I had any license or anything - I’m a highschool reject turned dual salon owner - Salon Renegade <3 we love MPFavorite Manic Panic color? Green Envy
Manic Panic has been a staple since MySpace. It’s been the most consistent color Favorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise- the perfect shade
I’ve been a DYEhard since 2012! My parents’ bathroom has been stained many different colors over my teenage years.Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard (Mixed with Atomic Turquoise for some kick)
My current holy grail has been Vampire Red for the past 4 years!!!! This color has definitely made me feel very seen very beautiful very unique and very myself. Not a day goes by that I get a compliment on my hair color and how vibrant it is.Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
I remember being in high school and buying Manic Panic to color my hair and my friends' hair. And that’s probably what got me started in thinking i could do hair for a living haha!Favorite Manic Panic color? Pillar Box Red!!
The first time I bought Manic Panic was Cotton Candy Pink on Saint Marks Street and I have a picture of it. I have to send it to you.Favorite Manic Panic color? Ultra Violet
Manic Panic was the very first vivid hair brand I used on my hair at the age of 16! I fell inlove with it immediately and have always had fun hair ever since. It’s what made me go to cosmetology school!Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink
I've been using Manic Panic since I was a kid in my bathroom and now I'm a stylist in my 30's with a focus on vivids using Manic Panic regularly!Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
Ive been using Manic Panic for YEARS like 20 years. It's been by far my favorite hair color brand. Manic Panic to me has always felt like the most emo epic iconic hair dye with such a badass nameFavorite Manic Panic color? Ultra Violet!
In high school I colored my hair red & put MP reds (can't remember shade names bc this is 15 years ago) into my shampoo & conditioner. my moms towels & her tub got stained. I got quickly acquainted with using toilet bowl bleach to get the stains out:)Favorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise!
Pretty sure the first time I used Manic Panic was back in 2008 and it was Mermaid Blue. the true OG’s of semi permanent vivid colorFavorite Manic Panic color? ELECTRIC LIZARD 🦎
The first time I used manic panic was in high school. I loved all their colors but the most memorable to me was the greens when I had a pixie cut. I had a forest green and neon green split dyed pixie cut.Favorite Manic Panic color? All the blues. 💙 💙 💙
I've been using Manic Panic since I was a kid! I've had Hot Hot Pink, Electric Amethyst , Violet Night, and Ultra Violet in my hair. Mainly use Electric Lizard for wigs. I am currently a cosmetology student and theatrical wig maker based in Chicago! Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard and Violet Night
I've literally been using Vampire Red for about 15 years now! It is my absolute #1 favorite red and I've tried a lot of them 😅❤️Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
I started using manic back in 2012 when I was in high school , i did hidden panels of purple & After Midnight blue and hence started my obsession with vivids!Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
One of my favorite clients was diagnosed with significant allergies. We were so disappointed because we’d could no longer do vivid colors. Their dermatologist recommended Manic Panic had none of their allergies. This was life changing for us!Favorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise
I started using your color as a lil baby emo purchasing from Hot Topic! I’ll never forget using electric lizard for the first time, and all the beautiful reds!Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric lizard
I first used Manic Panic probably 15 years ago! - its the OG vivid hair color brand!Favorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink Amplified, Cotton Candy Pink & Electric Pink Pussycat!!
I started using manic panic when I was 15 years old (almost 25 years ago!!). I still dye my hair vivid colors to this day and now I’m a professional stylist! Manic Panic is what got me in to vivid colors.Favorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise!
Manic Panic was one of the first alternative hair color options I used as a tween, before my mom would let me start coloring my hair!Favorite Manic Panic color? Purple Haze
Manic Panic was the first ever color I used on my hair! Many years later, I got my hair light enough to use Cotton Candy Pink, and it looked freakin amazing!!! I love my pastel pink hair because of Cotton Candy🩷Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink
Manic panic was the first direct dye I ever used! Over 25 years years ago I was on my friend’s porch applying bleach and processing under a Walmart bag and then unleashing my inner hair artist with manic panic. It was the beginning of my love for hair!Favorite Manic Panic color? OG Vampire Red or Cotton Candy Pink
Manic Panic is my favorite neon hair dye, I love using it when going to Kpop concerts. Favorite time was when a Kpop star actually acknowledged me in fansign cause we had the same hair.Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Banana
I’ve been using manic panic on and off since the 90’sFavorite Manic Panic color? Raven is a classic
I've slways loved hair color. Last year I went straight Joker green 💚 and your Green Envy and Electric Lizard achieved this. However ive been back to my love of silver and your Blue Steel has TRANSFORMED my color!Favorite Manic Panic color? I love the Blue Steel, and Green Envy
Manic Panic was my first love when it came to vivids—My best friends and I would spend hours bleaching and coloring our hair, having impromptu photoshoots, and telling stories back and forth about all the things in our homes that were now colorful! Favorite Manic Panic color? Ultra Violet was my favorite because it changed so much depending on the lighting!
Been shopping Manic Panic from Camden Town Market (UK) since around '05! Now I'm in NYC & happy I can still use my favorite OG brand! Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy <3
I have been using Manic Panic since the late 90s/early 2000s when you guys were the only vivid hair color line available! I am a HUGE fan! Favorite Manic Panic color? Pink Warrior & Ultra Violet amplified are my favorite colors!
I started dying my own hair with manic panic in 2009. It ignited a love for hair that has evolved into a career. ❤️Favorite Manic Panic color? Loving the amplified virgin snow right now!!
First time using manic panic was in 2007-2008 when I was in middle school.. I got my first streaks of atomic turquoise and helped my friend paint leopard print on her mohawk!Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard, Atomic Turquoise
okay so i had the worlds most awful hair color catastrophe … it was awful… however, i ran to Walmart in the moment and stumbled across the most perfect shade of red! Vampire Red Manic Panic! You saved me from days of embarrassment!Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red!
Middle school in the ’90s, my mom agreed to Manic Panic blue lowlights—but not a full head. She pulled my hair through a cap, I applied the color. I rinsed it all together, the blue bled into my blonde and I was sent back to the bathroom to color it all.Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Banana
Before I was a licensed hairstylist and business owner, as a cosmo student, I would always be changing up my hair myself in my parents bathroom at 2am and manic panic was my best friend. Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
I’ve loved manic panic since a child! Fast forward to the future I am now an alternative hairstylist in a small town from Central Valley California where I found my community and has been growing with time!Favorite Manic Panic color? Infra Red , Vampire Red , Atomic Turquoise, Electric Lizard, Hot Hot Pink
Manic Panic fire engine red was the first color I ever experimented with in my own hair, before I decided to choose cosmetology as a career. It will always hold a place in my heart as my first true experience with hair color creativity.Favorite Manic Panic color? Probably Cotton Candy Pink
I have been using manic panic for over 10 years at home and it was the first color line i used to color my hair at home and now i still use i
t to this day behind the chair as a professional hairstylistFavorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
Manic Panic was the first dye I used to dye my hair when I was 12 years old! I used 3 different dyes after using the bleach kit to remove black box dye from my hair; the 3 dyes were Cotton Candy Pink, Atomic Turquoise, and Hot Hot Pink!Favorite Manic Panic color? Between Atomic Turquoise and Electric Lizard
I have been a customer for years ( decades) 20 plus years. I will always remember my first manic panic lipstick called “Marilyn”. Being that rockabilly girl with the red streak ( rock and roll red) and the absolute electric lizzard.Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
I grew up using Manic Panic because my dad was a hair stylist!Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink
For a 24 hour stream I bleached and dyed my best friends hair using purple manic panic live on twitch. He’s a big burly straight guy and it was super fun!Favorite Manic Panic color? Anything pink/purple!
i used to religiously use manic panic when i was in high school, started a trend with a stripe of color at my school!Favorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink
Manic panic will always have a place in my heart because it was the first hair dye brand I've used.Favorite Manic Panic color? Purple Haze
I started to dye my hair when I was like 16yo and my first ever product was from Manic Panic, so it has been with me from the beginning 🖤Favorite Manic Panic color? Classic Pillarbox Red
Just a few months ago I competed in my first ever pageant; I paired my green UV hair with matching UV facepaint and contacts; and when I started glowing on stage, everyone lost their minds. I felt surreal and radioactive, and I loved it. Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
One time I went to a hairdresser convention in London and you had a stand there, I was instantly drawn to you and I couldn’t RESIST all the beautiful colours you had, and your colour models looked absolutely stunning!Favorite Manic Panic color? Infra Red
I was about 8 or 9 the first time i used them, i had put red streaks in my hair. fast forward a ton of years and now i do hair for a living - so thank you guys for putting me on ❤️❤️❤️Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
Not exactly a story, but I think my most favorite color I've done has been a galaxy schemed hair I did a few years ago. I always love doing more "sporadic" color combinations when I'm low on a number of colors, or can't choose what colors to do! Favorite Manic Panic color? Between Electric Lizard and Psychedelic Sunset
My best friend has been using your colours for years and I love that they are vegan and come in every shade ✨ My absolute favorites are your electric colours and all that glow under black light 🔥Favorite Manic Panic color? Currently my favorites are Electric Banana, Electric Lizard and Siren Song 💛💚🩵
Ever since I was in middle school I was always so fascinated with the brand manic panic. To me it wasn’t just hair dye, it was community, expression, individuality. It made me feel a part of something bigger :) Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink
I've been using Manic Panic since 2012, and have used several different shades in blues, pinks, purples and greens. I often use the Amplified versions for added vibrance and touch-ups. I love that some shades go over my natural hair without bleach, too. Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink, Electric Pink Pussycat, After Midnight, Atomic Turquoise
From messing with them for the first time in my friends kitchens, through cosmo school, eventually working at the manic panic color asylum in nyc, to the manic panic dyehard professional I am now. Best vivid color out there! Favorite Manic Panic color? Pink Warrior
I use manic panic since I dye my hair colorful. Our history goes back more then a decade 🩷Favorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink
I used Electric Lizard for almost 2 years in 2022, but I used MP exclusively from 2010 when I was first allowed to put color in my hair until 2022. It’s been a staple color for me for years!Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
Well, I only recently started using higher quality hair dye products, so before it was always the cheapest most sketchy hair dye I’d use to maintain my blue. But after hearing about my friend using Manic Panic for her purple, I wanted to give it a shot!Favorite Manic Panic color? Bad boy blue and rockabilly blue
Manic Panic was THE dye growing up. Lots of fun memories of staining my hands dyeing my friends’ hair in their kitchen 🫶🏻 Favorite Manic Panic color? Purple Haze or Electric Banana for it’s nostalgia
I have used Manic Panic hair dye in the past, as well as your other cosmetics like nail polish and eyeshadow. I have always been so pleased with the quality and aesthetic; and the fact that it’s cruelty free. Favorite Manic Panic color? Always wanted to try After Midnight or Blue Moon, they are so pretty.
I used to have this cherry red hair and i used manic panic all the time and it was beautiful!! Favorite Manic Panic color? Wildfire Red
In high school I used to use manic panic ALOT 🤍 I loved the blue, and cranberry shades. Definitely would recommend for those vibrant colors.Favorite Manic Panic color? Ultra Violet mixed with Pastelizer
The first time I picked up manic panic this would've been like 2008ish and I begged my mom to let me get a purple and red dye, I remember I used to do insane color combos in my room with those when I was little and let them fade out and do something new Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
Manic Panic started it all for me. At 16 in a tiny Texas town, my best friend dyed my natural blonde hair crayon red. It was my dream color then and still is now. I’m 39 and still using Manic Panic to express who I am.Favorite Manic Panic color? Pillarbox Red
Manic Panic is the OG brand! It was the first brand and color (Vampire Red) I used. I make YouTube hair dye videos and love Manic Panic! Favorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink and Vampire Red.
In high school I used Manic Panic to freshen up my colors and knew they would last the longest vs other brandsFavorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise
Started off home dyeing my friends hair unlicensed as a teenager and have come full circle to now being licensed for 11 years and getting to know the brand again after meeting Tish and Snooky at the Rainbow Convention. Favorite Manic Panic color? Atomic Turquoise
My parents brought me into Sally Beauty, and let me pick out two colors and some hair extensions. I picked After Midnight blue, and Rock 'N' Roll Red! It was when I first started experimenting and finding the person who I am today Favorite Manic Panic color? Fuchsia Shock, and Blue Moon
MP was the first semi permanent I ever used on my own hair! I dyed my hair pink and quite literally never looked back!Favorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink!
At 13 I was a scene kid experimenting with hot pink, raccoon tails, and Manic Panic on myself and friends. Even after 10 years as a licensed stylist, I still reach for your insanely pigmented colors. You are the best. I’d be honored to work with you. Xoxo Favorite Manic Panic color? HOT HOT PINK! Psychedelic Sunset! Don’t forget Ultra Violet!!!!
I have been using Manic Panic for 20 years now, it all started with a 13 year old emo girl and her dream of coloring the world 💕Favorite Manic Panic color? Too many!!! Can't decide!!!!
When I was a teen my best friend and I would use Manic Panic on each other in my backyard. We went to town applying it with our hands no gloves. Now we have our own salon together.Favorite Manic Panic color? Lie Locks and Electric Lizard
In highschool I was the unofficial hairdresser for all my friends. I remember having this big bin Filled to the brim with hair dye and manic panic was my favorite! We would sit in my tiny cramped apartment bathroom dying our hair into the morning.Favorite Manic Panic color? Is rainbow a color?
I’ve been using manic panic since roughly 2015ish. My favorite, all time moment was when I did a halo color of Electric Lizard on a client. Omg it broke the internet! My favorite color on ME? It will always be Pretty Flamingo.Favorite Manic Panic color? Pretty Flamingo
My first time ever dying my hair in high school was with Electric lizard, I felt unstoppable and so cool standing out from everyone else, years later I am still using manic panic dyes to fuel my creativity in my daily life and in my drag!Favorite Manic Panic color? Rockabilly Blue !!
Manic Panic was the first hair dye I ever used! I started coloring my hair when I was in middle school and it ignited my passion for self expression through hair. I am now a licensed hair stylist and get to give people cool vivid hair all the time! Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Watermelon has really caught my eye lately
When I first started dying and bleaching my hair at the age of 14, I used manic panic lighting flash kit and used the Electric Tiger Lily color!Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Tiger Lily still.
Been using it for years!! Love the greens and bluesFavorite Manic Panic color? Enchanted Forest
Literally have been obsessed since I was 11!!Favorite Manic Panic color? RAVEN
I saw a sale one time and decided to try it out! I got Hot Hot Pink and it made my dreams of having pink hair come trueFavorite Manic Panic color? Hot Hot Pink
My favorite Manic Panic story was when I dyed my platinum blonde bleached hair hot pink and the color turned out so vibrant and neon. It was glowing in the sunlight.Favorite Manic Panic color? Vampire Red
I started off using manic panic in 2007 when I began my emo journey lol. I still use it in my bangs and want to use it in my professional salon soonFavorite Manic Panic color? Electric Banana!
My favorite moment was finally coloring my hair blue. I was a baby stylist surrounded by very “modern” stylists who pushed awful blues. I got fed up, bought Manic Panic, and it was "game over for you b*tches!"Favorite Manic Panic color? After Midnight 1000000%
was in a job that didn’t allow colorful hair and that was a main reason for hating the way i looked and feeling very sad. one day i decided enough was enough. I quit my job, bought manic panic electric pink and dyed my hair! It was so liberatingFavorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink!
I always wanted blue hair growing up and when I was finally allowed to dye my hair I went straight to Shocking blue! It's been my signature color for the last 3 years!Favorite Manic Panic color? Shocking Blue
When I first started to dye my hair purple i religiously used Deep Purple Dream - gave the most stunning warm purple ! I used vampire red as well and that was stunning - need to try out more purples.Favorite Manic Panic color? Deep Purple Dream will always be in my heart 💜
I've been wanting to do more fun and creative designs and knew manic panic wouldn't fail me. Love the products and how vibrant the colors turn out. Alway recommending your products to people as I get asked a lot about my platinum hair.Favorite Manic Panic color? Silver stiletto and I'm excited to try the UV light colors.
I’ve used manic panic electric lizard for the first time when i was 16 and fell in loveeee i’ve never used a color as much as that one (i swear i’ve probably gone through 50 jars)Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard all the way 💚💚💚
I've had countless night's at home with friend prior to beauty school plotting, mixing and coloring each others hair. And also seeing the founders at Rainbow Convention was pretty cool :pFavorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard! Was my go to neon green for years!
I have been using Manic Panic for years- I remember tearing up some Vampire Red as a teen! I love that as a cosmetology grad I can still color my hair fun colors since ai developed an allergy to Haircolor (ppd) but I can still use these (no developer) 🖤Favorite Manic Panic color? After Midnight and Enchanted Forest
I've been dying my own hair since 2019 and manic panic is a staple in my house! Favorite Manic Panic color? Electric Lizard
I’ve dyed my hair for 10 years and Manic Panic is available everywhere. Me and my friends in high Favorite Manic Panic color? Blue Moon (+ the Pastel-izer)
I’ve used Pillarbox Red – Classic High Voltage several times, and it’s one of my favorite dyes Favorite Manic Panic color? Pillarbox Red, Vampire Red and Divine Wine.
Manic Panic was actually the first ever hair dye I used back in my scene days (circa 2009ish i wanna say? hahaha) and it's the reason I fell in love with dyeing my hair.♡Favorite Manic Panic color? cotton candy pink
I was the one who put my friend in cos school on manic panic when they were convinced that salon dyes were always needed, next thing you know he's helping me do mine and is obsessed with the color, there is so much freedom with non direct dyeFavorite Manic Panic color? Pink Warrior Amplifed or Pussycat Pink
Poorly dyed my hair blond by myself at 16.. didn’t know what to do or what would cover the mess I created with bleach and Manic Panic red worked perfectly and covered the mistake!Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink!
I have been dying and bleaching my hair by myself since high school in my home country. Miles away from the US, I would try everything possible to get my hands on a lighting kit. I am 37yo and I’m still loyal to your DIY kits 🤍Favorite Manic Panic color? Silver Stiletto and Virgin Snow
I absolutely adore manic panic, the vibrant colors are unbeatable and I LOVE the pink!!Favorite Manic Panic color? Cotton Candy Pink!